For My Child Poem by rich lodato

you've been my one and only child
these notes surround me now
in my tame and in my wild
I thought of you my child
all is rising around me
like a wave in the sea
all is coming back at me
like this sand on the shore

(chorus)

all for my child
I risk it all
all for this one
who never falls

all for my child
I risk it all
all for this one
who never falls away -

swam to a rock I carried you
we played for hours on
the dusty spray from the sea
l'll always be remembering
always be remembering